Healthy Garlic Parmesan Butternut Squash Fries Recipe

The world is filled with delicious yet fattening items like Parmesan-coated sweet potato fries. Luckily, the HG world is crammed with just as many guilt-free swaps! Whip up our latest recipe makeover now, and thank us later...

How hard is it to avoid French fries? SO HARD. Not only are the darn things absurdly delicious, but they also seem to come in an endless number of tantalizing variations. Sweet potato fries tossed with Parmesan cheese and garlic? That's not even fair! The good news is that you don't have to abandon your desire for fries -- not even those maniacally tempting ones from Chili's. That's why our French fry swaps exist! Butternut squash is an incredible substitute for starchy sweet potatoes. And by baking butternut spears and tossing them in just a teensy bit of olive oil, we're able to re-create sweet potato fries with a fraction of the fat and calories. Factor in some reduced-fat Parmesan, plenty of garlicky goodness, and a doctored-up dipping sauce, and skipping the Chili's version doesn't feel like a hardship at all. Open up and say om... followed by nom... and another nom. Om nom nom!

It's National Dance Like a Chicken Day, May 14th. Your unconventional exercise challenge du jour: Get funky like poultry, and flap those wings! (Feel free to use this guide to Bluth family variations.)

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